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Also known as '''The Black Watch'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1725''' four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
*'''1725''' four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch

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Also known as The Black Watch

Chronology

  • 1725 four Independent Highland Companies raised to police Highlands, commonly called the Reicudan Dhu, or Black Watch
  • 1729 two additional companies raised
  • 1739 Earl of Craufurd's Regiment formed by regimentation of existing six coys and four new coys; also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels
  • 1751 became 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1758 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1861 became 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
  • 2006 merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Service in British India

External Links

42nd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Black Watch Wikipedia